How to stop ticks!!??

[Stu]

you probaly guessed already but just asking if theres are any sprays that deter ticks?????

 

First day on site and saw loads of deer running through the woods and thought to myself oh no! spent all day cutting and got home to find one

 

Any help?

[treequip]

I use frontline spray, it works a treat on the dogs too.

[ecolojim]

I trust youve removed it?

[Stu]

yep pull and twist anti clockwise, hanged on a bit:thumbdown:

[geoff]

Swab with surgical spirit on it,soak the bloody thing & it will let go.

Had one on me pip sack a few years back,wife found it,it came off a jacob sheep I had been attending to,(cut after shearing before you ask).

[Paul Smith]

Use the little device thats readily available, cant remember the name of it, think its tom something? Simply slide the forks under the tick, lever and twist. Pulling ticks off or coating them can lead to infection has the head can snap of or the tick will secrete toxins whilst dying.

 

Lymmes disease can kill!

[ecolojim]

i was reading that the head getting left in, is not necessarily a problem, and is much like a tiny splinter, but that it is the contents of the stomach and two glands behind the front legs that contain the pathogen which are the real danger, both of which are usually secreted around 24hrs after attachment.

 

If that's true, it would certainly seem that the order of the day is to remove asap in one way or another

[Taupotreeman]

Use heat or petrol to remove them if there's nothing else available (according to Lofty Wiseman) and DEET as a bug repellant is pretty strong.

[Dave Martin]

Whilst I have no experience of this I was always told to use a cigarette to make them let go.

[jrose]

agreed on the DEET, not pleasant stuff mind! Most of the methods I've heard to remove them don't assume you have a healthy lifestyle - cigarettes & strong liquor seem to be the answer (either burn off, or pour strong alchohol over it to make it release it's grip)